The first explosion came when two of the bombers tried to enter a camp holding more than 16,000 refugees from Boko Haram’s Islamic uprising at around 7 a.m. (0600 GMT), according to civilian self-defense fighter Dan Batta.
US oil company ExxonMobil says it has made a “significant discovery” of oil off the coast of Nigeria. In a tweet it says it could yield up to one billion barrels of oil. ExxonMobil ✔@exxonmobil #JustAnnounced an oil discovery of between 500M & 1B barrels offshore Nigeria. Find out more here http://news.exxonmobil.com/press-release/exxonmobil-announces-significant-oil-discovery-offshore-nigeria … 11:23 AM – 27 Oct 201 ExxonMobil operates… Read more »
A total of 145 child soldiers have been released on Wednesday by former rebel group of former South Sudanese First Vice President Riek Machar and another group in Pibor in eastern South Sudan. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) confirmed the release of the children by former rebel movements SPLA-IO and the Cobra Faction. “Our hope is that their release today… Read more »
The group, which once ruled much of Somalia, wants to topple the Western-backed government in Mogadishu and drive out African AMISOM peacekeepers made up of soldiers from Kenya, Djibouti, Uganda, Ethiopia and other African nations.
I have to start out by saying I’m glad this is my last Sub Saharan Africa post. Well I’m not glad i guess its kind of bitter sweet. I really want to take this time to say that even though I did not keeping up with this region at all. I have learned to respect it and understand the area…. Read more »
I am aware of the fact that my article was not really recent news. after reading this there was no way i could not share it with others. up until this point i did not it legal to hunt endangered species under any circumstances even with permission from the government. This is only serves perfectly for an example of greed… Read more »
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has never experienced a peaceful transition of power and is now, as anticipated, in the midst of another political crisis. Joseph Kabila, the incumbent president, is due to finish his term in office at the end of 2016. However, there is widespread scepticism of his willingness to leave office. As of 2014, the… Read more »
UNITED NATIONS — The International Criminal Court has begun investigating war crimes in Georgia, is looking into British soldiers accused of torture in Iraq and, in one of its most politically delicate missions yet, sent a team to Israel to discuss crimes in Gaza. But as the court tries to expand into new geography and investigate new types of crimes,… Read more »
JENDOUBA, Tunisia — Two Americans were detained in this small town in northwestern Tunisia, suspected of involvement with a terrorist organization, police officials said on Wednesday. The men were arrested on Tuesday and then transferred to the country’s main counterterrorism center in Tunis, the capital, the police said. They were released and driven away in a United States Embassy car… Read more »
DIFFA, Niger — The military convoy was rumbling across a river near the border last month when soldiers suddenly realized they were surrounded. More than 100 Boko Haram fighters, some of them on horseback, had encircled the vehicles, ready to strike. The 300 soldiers from Niger and the handful of American Special Operations forces accompanying them called for help. Soldiers… Read more »